Aside from those elders who hadn't left their homes in two years, nine senior elders, led by two of the elder statesmen, had been waiting for a long time in the small courtyard in front of the Temple, their expressions serious, their demeanor solemn, and their bearing impeccably formal.
Allowing an outsider to enter the family was a significant matter. Although the ancients were not completely sealed off, they wouldn't readily permit outsiders to have their names added to the Ye Family's genealogy. If things were normal, Qiu Yun would live with the family for at least two years. The Ye Family would send someone specially to investigate his family's previous four generations one by one to ensure he was an innocent person, and only then could an integration ceremony be held. At most, three people could participate in the ceremony at once. If the number exceeded three, they would have to join in the next ceremony.
